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Furnishing him until his leaders hearing Of It
suggested the scheme.


upset tho Tories altogether and completed
their confusion. Mr.. Long got up. and. in
voice trembling with rage. said he considered
It his painful duty to say that his honorable
friend and relative was wrong In attributing
to him the use OF tho word char. which he had
not used. Mr.. Beaumont the honorable rela-
tive, was on his feet In second, and his voice
trembled with rage also as he said:
with your permission. and with the per-
mission OF the House, repeat that distinctly
recollect hearing my honorable friend and
relative use the word chafH'"
Here was flne state OF affairs. Two dis
tinguished Englishmen were politely calling
each other liars across the House, while the
Irish members howled with delight, and tho
Gladstonians. following their grand old
leader, laughed loud in their Joy. Tho
chance was not lost by Harcourt, who had
stopped in his speech to let the honorable rela-
tives fight 1t out He few straight at Smith,
who sat opposite him. and literally stunned
that portly gentleman. Nobody thought Har-
court had It in him to make such speech and
personal attack Of such violence.
You have accused the member below the
Rangway." he said, Of falsehood. What have
you to say now2 VIII you say the same OF the
honorable member for Tyneside who fatty
contradicts his honorable relative Let US
test the spirit Of justice and impartiaity Of the
right honorable gentleman" referring to
Smith.
AS Harcourt spoke he glared at Smith. and
grew bright red in his excitement and anger
Smith, on the contrary, grew pale. He was I'M
dergoing new experience. The bright pink
color faded from the top OF his head and from
his round face. He moved nervously on his
seat. and finally got up and went to whisper to
the Speaker. The Irishmen. supposing he was
asking for protection or for cloture. howlcd
moro loudly than ever. The Gladstonians
Joined in. and the Tories and Unionists INDUCED
In counter bowling. It was rare uproar.
even in the House, where bowls are used to
express every feeling. Smith returned to his
seat as pale as ever. and Harcourt won't
straight at him again.
What do you mean by saying that because
member sits among tho Parnellites he is to
lie uuder the tmputation Of falsehood3 1t is
unfair. unjust and improper and does not
comport with the dignity Of this House. In
the treatment Of such a question why are you
to deal with the honorable member from mid
Cork differently from the way in which the
Government of the day dealt with DR.. Kenealy.
whose case was similar2 What Is the meaning
OF this party and vindicttve motion2 1t Is not
to vindicate the dignity Of the House. Why
have you departed from the course which your
predecessors in this House have taken. and
why have you done it at this moment?
Throughout the length and breadth OF the
land the question will be asked why, when you
have precedent to guide you, you have departed
from it?"
When Harcourt's speech was ended. It was
plain the Tories would never dare to punish
Tanner In the face Of public opinion. 1t would
have formed too good an election topic for the
hoI u
made a speech asking that the matter be al
lowed to drop, and then the Speaker followed
with speech from the chair to the same effect.
1t was evident that Mr.. Smith. when he left his
seat, had asked the Speaker to say se-pething
that would allow the Government to back
down from their position with dignity. As soon
as the Speaker had finished. the Government.
with Smith as spokesman did back down. but
not with dignity. The Government had been
forced virtually to acknowledge that they had
contemplated dealing with an Irishman in a
manner which they would not have dared to
pursue with an English member and they had
been frightened into abandoning the Idea. 1t
was great humiliation for the Tories. and has
seriously hurt the Government
The Tanner scene was followed by an even
ing session which put the finishing touch to
the humiliations Of the Tories The fresh
speeches Of Harcourt and Gladstone drove the
Government to disclosing their plans for
amendments to the Land bill. The amend
ments show a complete surrender by the
Tories to the dictates Of the Unionists. Tho
latter are the acknowledged masters OF the
situation and they have evidently used thcir
power. The fear Of public opinion inspired by
the recent disappearance Of Un1onist voters
has caused the Unionist leaders to make
changes in the Land bill most favorable to the
Irish tenants. but the changes are bitter to the
landlords, whose support the Tories have
risked in their eagerness to preserve their
Unionist allies. Even tho sacredness Of ju-
dicial rents is not to be respected, and the Gov
eminent are striving in vain to soothe tho land
lords outraged feelings by soft talk about
the reductions being only temporary. Tho
weakness of the Tories and the tyranny
OF the Unionists result favorably for ireland,
When the Land bill leaves tho House OF Com
mons 1t will contain provisions OF which even
the most extreme members OF the Irish party
can heartily approve, and II 1t be fairly, hon
estly, and expeditiously administered there
will be. as Mr.. Healy remarked on Thursday,
little necessity, and no justification. for using
coercion. Tho bill will. however have to 90
back to the House OF Lords. and there may be
some trouble there. The landlords English as
we'll as Irish, are very bitter, but they are not
likely to do moro than bark, as biting would
result in Ministerial crisis. and perhaps the
return to power OF their bogy Gladstone.
While the Tories are insecure and unhappy
Mr.. Gladstone is iubilant Satisfaction Is writ
ten all over him. Apparently to celebrate tho
confusion Of his enemies, no has como out In
now outfit OF q degree OF gorgeousness most
unusual for him. 1t Is q very elaborate CO.'S
tune of light gray, with dazzling white vest,
tall white hat. and, In fact. not sign Of the
more quiet costume laid aside except the black
cravat, tied with the care that tells Of Mrs.
Gladstone's watchfulness. The Grand Old Man
has cause to rejoice. The wiseaores who few
weeks ago were 80 fond Of declaring he had
killed himself politically have dropped into
sudden silence, and the friends OF homo rule
may rejoice everywhere with the Grand Old
Man who is working for them The Tories,
r,iied by the Mugwump Unionists, will
probably live to scramble through
this session of Parliament. but every
day their position becomes more I'M
pleasant. and 1t Is possible that fate may over